Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon

[Terrance]

pynchonoid wrote:
> 
> --- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > The war on terror and the war on Iraq have not
> > boosted profits.
> 
> Except for the companies that sell all the ordnance
> and equipment to the US and British military, the
> companies like Halliburton et al that  score the
> multibillion contracts to rebuild what the US and
> British military destroyed.  It's gravy to them,
> tainted with blood, but what the hell.

Is HAL profitable. I've not followed them, but I do remember reading
(WSJ probably) that their bonds were downgraded by Moodys or S&P or
both. A quick glance at the chart, looks like Google fools are running
the thing up on news. Might be a damned good short. Thanks for the tip.